Child Welfare Services Case Manager Supervisor

Child Welfare Services Case Manager Supervisor

Join Team Georgia and impact lives everyday while receiving a robust benefits package designed for every stage of your career!

Agency:
Family and Children Services, Division of

Shift: Day (United States of America)

Compensation Details: $59,265.47

Stronger Families for a Stronger Georgia. The Georgia Department of Human Services (DHS) is a dynamic state agency responsible for delivering a wide range of services to Georgia's most vulnerable populations. Our mission is to strengthen Georgia by providing individuals and families access to services that promote self-sufficiency, independence, and protect Georgia's vulnerable children and adults.

The DHS Division of Family & Children Services (DFCS), Child Welfare, is seeking candidates to fill the position of Child Welfare Services Case Manager Supervisor, reporting to a Child Welfare Services Administrator. This position is in McDonough, Henry County.

Enjoy a generous benefits package that includes unique training opportunities, employee retirement plan: 401(k) plan and 457 plan, 13 paid holidays, vacation & sick leave, medical, dental, vision, long/short-term care, life insurance, and employee discount programs; in addition to telework opportunities depending upon the position(s).

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Supervise and plan work of assigned staff
• Serve as job expert or organization resource in assigned areas
• Access and record client and community resource information
• Collect evidence, interviews witnesses, and prepare necessary reports according to rules and regulations, state and federal laws
• Compile records and prepare reports; performs follow-up to determine the status of client's case
• Conduct home-visit evaluations for information gathering to be used in assessments
• Coordinate and monitor children in out-of-home placements and in-home interventions
• Coordinate and monitor services, including comprehensive tracking of client's activities
• Develop case plans that effectively utilize community resources to meet needs of individual custodial client
• Identify placement resources for children within the foster care system
• Initiate the legal process for guardianship, protective services, placement and/or adoption
• Maintain required documentation and completes reports
• Make immediate assessments regarding safety of clients and respond according to established protocol and policies
• Perform initial investigations of protective services referrals to determine the appropriateness of protective services intervention
• Work in collaboration with legal system to ensure safety and achieve desired outcomes
• Review, approve/disapprove, or render decisions on casework being performed by staff

Note:

Behavioral Science degrees include but are not limited to the following: social science, psychology, sociology, child development, family studies, criminal justice, education, public health, public administration, nursing.

* Case Management experience would include one or any combination of the following work responsibilities: assessments; home evaluations; staffing; work with individuals, families, groups organizations and/or communication of the goal of behavioral changes; work with child safety or child welfare; law enforcement experience in areas related to DFCS (e.g. family/domestic violence, investigations or interventions involving children, substance abuse or crimes against persons.

Special Requirements:
Must have reliable transportation, proof of auto insurance, a valid state-issued driver's license, an acceptable driving history record and the ability to travel statewide. Reliable transportation and valid driver's license for work-related travel.

DHS is an equal opportunity employer. Current state employees are subject to State…